MASONIC RL ASSOCIATION

But the masons were persecuted under nazi occupied europe and were murdered in concentration camps - fact. Whilst the jews had a star of david to mark them out ,masons had an upside down red triangle. I have up until now openly declared my membership of what i consider to be a harmless benevolent organisation and wondered why some of the secrecy is required as it is bound to attract suspicion. I suppose some of the elements of the rituals taken at face value do seem a bit strange But as a result of some of the comments made on this forum it all now makes sense ,i too am now going to be very cautious about my membership for my own protection ,hatred often stems from ignorance but to say i shouldn't be welcomed at Rugby League grounds where i have been a regular since a child because of a hobby i enjoy seems unbelievable in this day and age. (by the way - i am neither a middle manager or small business man) MASONIC RL ASSOCIATION - signing off

Because you're saying that you don't want masons to be associated with RL and you couldn't get away with making such a statement against other groupings of people,if you read the earlier posts you will see that there are masonic lodges which admit women and bar men also there are a grouping of lodges who admit both women and men. You have made a lot of claims about the order but clearly have no idea at all about what masonry actually is, a lot of people tend become very irate about freemasonry - why? To the people who are actually in it its just a hobby like any other -some people will love it and some won't - but archaic,anachronistic and objectionable - in what way,i've met and befriended people from different cultures and walks of life through freemasonry where normally our paths would never had crossed. Your claim that you are glad masons will no longer have to be "accommodated" chillingly echoes the sentiments of nearly all of the brutal dictatorships in the 20th century both right and left, when the Nazi's invaded the channel islands they immediately stopped "accommodating" it - that is why there is a direct link between your sentiments and the nazi's.

The fact is whether people like it or not in Rugby League towns there are going to be a proportion of the local masons who are rugby league supporters and are going to turn up and support their local team. What annoys me is that if doubts were raised against any other grouping of people being suitable rugby league supporters then people on here would be up in arms - if people want to use google for info on the masons then type in anti masonry and see what comes up - Hitler persecuted freemasons almost as severely as the jews do people however ignorant of the actual facts about the masons really want to be associated with views held by the nazi's.

Sadly looking on the internet and taking whatever garbage is there as fact is rather naive, It certainly isn't discriminatory as anyone can join regardless of race or religion the only prerequisite is to believe in a supreme being,and there are lodges for ladies who do not permit men. Freemasonry is now more open than it used to be , but the reason for the secrecy of the membership was due to the persecution masons received during the WW2,there is a Police station in Malaga covered in masonic symbols and the conspiracy theorists will say "look the police don't even hide the fact they are masons over here" but what actually happened was general Franco took over the masonic building ,garotted 80 or so of the membership on the steps outside and placed his secret police in the building. Also the united grand lodge of england is the biggest charity giving organisation in the uk with the exception of the national lottery - why would'nt Stevo etc support a charitable cause.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO POST THE PICTURES BUT HERES SOMETHING WHICH SURPRISE A FEW PEOPLE - A MASONIC LODGE MEETING AT HUDDERSFIELD CALLED THE RUGBY FOOTBALL LODGE , ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO COVER BOTH CODES. The Rugby Football Lodge WM & Stevo The Rugby Football Lodge held their first